quark-gluon plasma

English

Noun

quark-gluon plasma (uncountable)

  1. (physics) a predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.

Synonyms
  • quark matter
  • QCD matter
  • quagma
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